I hear the chimes anew. I missed them, unaware that they were always here. I cannot tell, whether the melody enters through my ears or if the twisting vibrations play soundlessly within. Yes, I missed them – obscured by the clutter of things I make believe are important day in, day out. I grew forgetful.
I am splayed on my bed
, eyes shut, though if they were open they would only stare at the evenly fixed, wooden planks of the bunkbed above. In this state I am oozing in and out of conscious awareness. I recognize the simple touch of sound grazing over my soul. I cannot mold the sensation into any human manifestation and hence allow this pure, tender kiss, strewn across everything I am, to advance. Instantly I am enwraped in loving hands of universal compassion, washing brilliantly over me. Seldom have I felt so alive. In this rare moment, yielding all my futile human efforts to life is completely liberating.
I recognize the melody of water. There is no bend in this tune, no edge, just a fluid motion of conjoined droplets merrily satisfying every bit of me. I am forever lost in this moment, no need to resurface. This is it. I surrender, my mind, my heart, down to my very shadow. The same, worn by reinacting the contours of light, tired of being confined to this body, now departs, not without caressing its loyal counterpart. All vanishes – the song plays on. I would like to say part of me hears every tone, but I have long become immaterial
, just water passing through the ages. A trifle here – a ballade in the moon’s glistening sheen – an ocean there – an orchestra of splendor across the windowsill; nothing more. Now who is embracing whom in this hymn of life
, in which unfastened notes meld to wake me from deep sleep?